Monthly Archives: April 2016

Mmmmm, Deltas…

It’s no secret, I love deltas! The Mirage, Kfir and Skyray are some of my favorites if you couldn’t tell from my builds and the aircraft in my hangar. There’s just something about the look of a delta wing that is so wicked in the air, especially with the addition of canards like the Kfir. So, when I received a Freewing Mirage 2000 as a gift this last Christmas, I was stoked! I had been eyeing them for a while, especially after all of the fun I’d been having with the Freewing F-14. Of course, I can’t leave well enough alone, so we will actually be spending a few articles covering the transformation of this Freewing Mirage 2000 into an IAI Kfir…yes, you read that right! 😉 So, consider this as our first installment of “Foam Kit Bashing 101” as we work toward transforming this Mirage 2000 into the wicked looking Kfir. However, before tearing into a full kit bash, I wanted to discuss how this airplane assembles and performs stock out of the box.

The nice thing with these Freewing jets is that they are an all inclusive package. The full power system, retracts, and servos come fully installed and at $299 for the Mirage 2000 it’s a pretty killer deal. They’re EPO foam which I do have a love/hate relationship with, but none the less you get a pretty cool airplane and they are a great canvas to do fun things with (which we’ll start next in our next installment). They’re fully finished and Continue reading →

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Hey guys, here's Ep4 in our Foam Kit Bashing series! In this episode, we talk about how to paint camouflage and apply the markings. We cover the whole painting process along with a discussion on airbrushes, the painting methodology and technique, and the application of the markings.
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In this installment of our foam kit bashing series, we talk about how to paint a camouflage using an airbrush onto our Kfir and apply all of the markings.

Check out this beautiful Lady Alice P-51 built by Sascha from Germany. He was inspired by our foam warbird refinishing series (thercgeek.com/refinishafoamy) to refinish his FMS P-51 (his first attempt at anything like this). Beautiful work Sascha!! #awesome#inspiring ... See more

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Alright guys, here's the final flight vid from Warbirds & Classics. This OV-10 Bronco was a really nice model and as I understand it, the builder/pilot modeled the airplane he flew in the USAF. Unfortunately it only flew this one time through the weekend and it was in extremely difficult conditions. It took a great deal for the pilot to just land the airplane safely! ... See more

Here are a few pics from the E-flite Cessna 150 flights on Saturday. I'm looking forward to flying the airplane again! Thanks Eric Sacco for manning the camera for me. I'm working on the review now, which will hopefully post in a few weeks. I have our next Kit Bashing installment coming first though. :) Horizon HobbySpektrumRC ... See more